“ A Study To Assess The Knowledge Regarding Care of Newborn on Incubator Among 4th Year B.Sc Nursing Students, Tirupathi”.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 5
Abstract
Background: Newborn babies take time to accustom to the external environment specially if they one premature and Low Birth Weight. As they are on risk to develop hypoxia , hypothermia and other many associated adverse conditions, who needs special care and attention. Prematurely born infants are usually nursed in incubators to provide the best possible warmth. Objectives: 1. To assess the level of knowledge and knowledge on practices regarding care of newborn on incubator among 4 th year B.Sc Nursing students.2. To associate the relationship between selected socio-demographic variables and level of knowledge and knowledge on practices regarding care of newborn on incubator among 4 th year B.Sc Nursing students.3. To develop information booklet regarding care of newborn on incubator. Method: A descriptive research design was adopted to assess the knowledge regarding care of newborn on incubator in svims and Sri Vikas College of nursing, Tirupathi. A total of 120 fourth year B.Sc Nursing students were selected by Random sampling technique. Results: The findings showed that majority 75(62.5%) had moderate knowledge,37(30.8%) had adequate knowledge,8(6.7%) had inadequate knowledge regarding care of newborn on incubator ,mean of knowledge was 9.733 and standard deviation was 1.538, mean of practice was 6.142 and standard deviation was 1.324. Conclusion: There was a significant association between the level of knowledge and selected sociodemographic variables of the students.
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Mrs. Jyothsna seepana, Prof. Dr. A. Padmaja
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